Re: Using "su" on cygwin

2004-08-16 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:26 PM 8/16/2004, you wrote: >>>Hi, >>>I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as >>>user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and >>>install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried: >>>su administrator >>>but

Re: Using "su" on cygwin

2004-08-16 Thread Chuck McDevitt
Why not use the Microsoft "runas" command to start your program/shell? RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/netonly] ] /user: program Maurício <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/2004 03:26 PM To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: Usin

Re: Using "su" on cygwin

2004-08-16 Thread Maurício
Hi, I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried: su administrator but it always says I'm using the wrong password (I use

Re: Using "su" on cygwin

2004-08-11 Thread Larry Hall
At 01:58 PM 8/11/2004, you wrote: > Hi, > > I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as > user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and > install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried: > >su administrator > >but

Using "su" on cygwin

2004-08-11 Thread Maurício
Hi, I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried: su administrator but it always says I'm using the wrong password (I